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Serious Do you see an "addiction therapist" or just someone more general?

thegreenhand

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I've had enough of wallowing in my own problems. idk if ~talking to a professional~ will help but i suppose it can't hurt to try

but i'm really overwhelmed with finding a provider. i've found a list from my insurance provider of mental health psychologists, psychiatrists, etc

some of them seem to have really specific focus like "traumatic brain injury" or "cancer patients" and of course "addiction"

i have been dependent on weed in the past when i first started using it in high school, but i haven't used it chronically like that in 2+ years. yeah i do drugs still but i don't feel as if i'm addicted. i just like to do drugs sometimes. i feel like most "addiction specialists" will expect me to not use anything, which frankly isn't gonna happen

at the core, i feel this overwhelming sense of emptiness. not depression, not anxiety, and not addiction. just a general feeling of all consuming dread that is there some days and gone the next. do i just pick a random name off the list and try it? or find someone who specializes in certain things?
 
Yeah it's really hard to find a good therapist. It kinda does boil down to just picking a random name, unless you have some kind of recommendation from someone you know.

If you're not addicted to anything, you can just see a regular therapist. They might tell you they can't diagnose you properly until you're sober. But idk if they do that line when you're just smoking weed. But I've gotten it numerous times. Best of luck man. I found one good one in the past, it does happen. I just hate starting the process all over again.
 
Well I don’t just smoke weed lol

i enjoy psychedelics, though I haven’t done them for 6 months. MDMA a few time a a year and Amphetamine (adderall) a bit more than a few times a year. But weed is the only substance I’ve ever been addicted to

i think I’ll try a normal therapist tbh. My family tried to get me into AA when they discovered my psychedelic and mdma use.

abstinence only programs just aren’t gonna work for me, and I feel like most “addiction therapists” would be about that. General therapist it is then...
 
I found out later. Being treated for opioid addiction, We talk about how much alcohol I consume regularly, I just told them the other day about my THC use for depression relief. They’ve been cool about it. They care about my overall progress.
 
i see an addictions therapist privately. she is amazing. she was addicted to the same drugs i was for a long time so speaks from genuine experience. its the best theraputic relationship of my life. she does expect me to be completely abstinent from all drugs, but she made that stance clear from the start.

try to get recommendations rather than picking someone at random, and i've heard many people do free trial sessions so take advantage if you can.
 
Yeah, I saw one while living in Norway. She was amazing - I've "tried" ALOT of therapists, even before my drug-abuse, but she's been the only one I've trusted.
NA where I live requires that you register as an addict at Social Services.
And I know that the therapists you can get cheap here, going via the county council, they fucking snitch about drug-use to Social Services.

If you can afford it, I would look for a private one. Maybe try someone who works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
For addiction, they're probably better alternatives.
 
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